tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post116071703901089676..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Other Banningsbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160892560100132082006-10-15T14:09:00.000+08:002006-10-15T14:09:00.000+08:00I wonder.. I have to test a theory.I wonder.. I have to test a theory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160792056573725412006-10-14T10:14:00.000+08:002006-10-14T10:14:00.000+08:00ms d - i didn't know this and again, find it very ...ms d - i didn't know this and again, find it very disturbing. <BR/><BR/>customs do open a certain proportion of parcels including those containing books. <BR/><BR/>if they open your parcel and don't like what they see they'll seize it. but they can't check everything and in years of buying books from overseas only a couple of parcels have been opened. <BR/><BR/>one time a parcel with a present from my sister was just slashed open with a blade that almost severed half an inch off the book!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160789464049090892006-10-14T09:31:00.000+08:002006-10-14T09:31:00.000+08:00did i tell you the time i ordered from amazon a fe...did i tell you the time i ordered from amazon a few books on healing - none of the psychic stuff, but alternative healing for endometriosis/ovarian problems etc? i ordered marjane satrapi's animated novel too.<BR/><BR/>got the package: satrapi was there but my 'healing' books were gone! haiyah! drove all the way to sentul PO to ask why my package was opened up and my books were gone.<BR/><BR/>the officer said my books were deemed offensive! and that was all he said.<BR/><BR/>i sat in the car and thought how could books on healing ovarian cancer etc etc be offensive? was it the woo-hoo cover? was it the title itself that was deemed un-Malay? un-Islamic?<BR/><BR/>persepolis is more subversive than books on breathing, visualisation lah!<BR/><BR/>weird thing is when i order erotica, you know books that you'd think would never get through, i get them! choy, they probably think my healing books have got jinns in there!<BR/><BR/>ps. i know customs check but does POS Msia have the right to censor and open up packages??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160773805952628032006-10-14T05:10:00.000+08:002006-10-14T05:10:00.000+08:00You can start by reading the biographies and speec...You can start by reading the biographies and speeches of our beloved leaders. Then the Quran. Then its translation. Everything else is or will be banned.Ted Mahsunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555225524434639998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160753890332185532006-10-13T23:38:00.000+08:002006-10-13T23:38:00.000+08:00and that is the irony, cw.and that is the irony, cw.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160729132444161712006-10-13T16:45:00.000+08:002006-10-13T16:45:00.000+08:00That's very sad. So when the Malaysian govt talks ...That's very sad. So when the Malaysian govt talks about getting the public reading, what would they actually like people to read???flexnibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571073352491626815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160721725239427042006-10-13T14:42:00.000+08:002006-10-13T14:42:00.000+08:00i have no idea. neither has mr. raman. there i...i have no idea. neither has mr. raman. there is no reason given. no statement. just a form letter to the distributor and the seizure of books.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-1160721045773108952006-10-13T14:30:00.000+08:002006-10-13T14:30:00.000+08:00But WHY are Kundera's books banned?! For what pos...But WHY are Kundera's books banned?! For what possible reason!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com